Travel

The Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport is 27 km (17 miles) east of the city center, near the suburb of Spáta. A large number of European and International carriers fly direct into Athens.The airport has excellent public transit connections to the city and the usual array of food stands, duty-free shops, and other airport services.

From the airport you can reach the city center:

By Metro to the city center for €8; if you leave in less than 48 hours you can get the two-way ticket for €14. Group tickets (2 or 3 persons) are also available and they provide some discount (see By Metro section below in Get Around). The airport Metro line is an extension of Line 3 (blue line) which takes you to the downtown Syntagma and Monastiráki stations and terminates to Egaleo (city of the conference' venue). From the Airport, the metro train takes 40 minutes to reach Syntagma, and takes 43 minutes to reach Monastiráki.